OSHA Inspection: RANDOLPH D & L COMPANY, LLC

Issued

Jul 12, 2019

Abate by

Aug 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $2,652 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.23(b)(8): The employer did not ensure ladders were used only for the purposes for which they were designed:    (a) In the manufacturing building, self-supporting stepladders were used in the folded position to access forms during manufacture of septic tanks.    (b) In the manufacturing building, self-supporting stepladders were used in the folded position to access castings during manufacture of storm shelters.

Issued

Jul 12, 2019

Abate by

Aug 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $5,304 · Current $2,652 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that was 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling by one or more of the following: guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall protection system, such as a personal fall arrest, travel restraint, or positioning system:    (a) In the manufacturing building, employees worked from the top of septic tank forms and were not protected from falling.

Issued

Jul 12, 2019

Abate by

Oct 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,989 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact:    (a) In the manufacturing building, a mixer operator did not wear protective clothing and equipment when exposed to skin contact hazards from concrete containing portland cement.

Issued

Jul 12, 2019

Abate by

Oct 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated, the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed, the date(s) of the hazard assessment, and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment:    (a) The employer did not verify that a workplace hazard assessment had been performed through a written certification.  In the concrete mixing and pouring areas, employees were exposed to skin contact hazards from concrete containing portland cement.

Issued

Jul 12, 2019

Abate by

Oct 31, 2019

Penalty

Initial $3,978 · Current $1,989 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:    (a) The employer did not develop, implement, and maintain a written hazard communication program for employees who were exposed to hazardous chemicals including concrete containing portland cement.

Issued

Jul 12, 2019

Abate by

Aug 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):  (a) In the manufacturing building, safety data sheets were not readily accessible for employees exposed to hazardous chemicals including concrete containing portland cement.

Issued

Jul 12, 2019

Abate by

Aug 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  (a) In the manufacturing building, an employee voluntarily wore a half-mask elastomeric facepiece respirator and the employer did not have a written respiratory protection program that included at least the medical evaluation, cleaning, maintenance, and storage components.

Issued

Jul 12, 2019

Abate by

Aug 7, 2019

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  (a) In the manufacturing building, an employee voluntarily wore a half-mask elastomeric facepiece respirator and the employer did not provide the employee with advisory information in Appendix D.